Women have always, as have men, been agents and actors in history,
but they have largely been excluded from recorded history. "To
make visible to women - and men - their own agency, traditions,
culture and contributions to the history of humanity" is the
Foundations`s principle aim. Thus, many primary sources still wait
for being discovered and analyzed by researchers, men and women
alike. Within many fields of scientific research, such as archaeology,
history, literature, medicine - to mention only a few - many gender
studies wait for being analysed. By promoting intercultural understanding
among peoples the Foundation tries to make possible another one
of its most important criterion, clarity, and thus publications
focussing gender subjects are of central importance to the ddv-verlag.

In addition, in 2001, the Foundation has relaunched the publication
of Feminist Europa. Review of Books a journal written in
English - formerly a project of the Division Communication and Cultural
Practice of Women`s International Studies Europe (WISE) - which
reviews feminist scholarship, creative and popular work by women
published in Europe, in languages other than English.